by McKenna Gordon | Jan 24, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, INSPIRATION, SPACE
This touching, bittersweet animated short about Luna, a Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut, is sure to move your heart and motivate you to go after your dreams, despite any obstacles that...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 24, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, MATH
Watch to learn about this super interesting math problem. It’s also a game! Are you up for the challenge of finding an unsolvable species? Math whiz and puzzle designer Gordon Hamilton explains how to play in this fascinating video. Gordon is also the designer...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 18, 2019 | ANIMALS, AWESOME VIDEOS, INSPIRATION
Dr. Jane Goodall speaks to children at Berkeley’s University of California Botanical Garden about her love for animals, spending the night in the African rainforest, chimpanzee observations, how her mother inspired her, and on never giving up hope for the future....
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 18, 2019 | ANIMALS, AWESOME VIDEOS, FOOD, NATURE
How do beekeepers harvest honey? Maddie Moate shows us how her beekeeping mother collects honey from their hives. This video is part of Maddie’s series all about bees. We highly recommend checking out the entire series on her...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 18, 2019 | ANIMALS, AWESOME VIDEOS, FOOD, NATURE
Maddie Moate explains the science behind how bees make honey. Warning: if you watch this, you may never think of honey in the same way ever...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 17, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
You can easily do all these experiments at home if you’ve got a plate, a glass, an index card, a q-tip, a penny, an eye dropper, dish soap, some food coloring, or a cup of coffee. Try one or all of them...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 17, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
In this mesmerizing video, see how a water strider walks on water, and how a drop of milk in water actually stretches the water’s surface instead of breaking it. It has to do with the elastic property of the water surface, a phenomenon called surface...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 17, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, DIY
To make this DIY Duct Tape Coin Pouch, gather a cutting mat (or ruler) an x-acto knife (or scissors), a ziplock bag, and two different colors of duct tape. Sally shows us how to build this coin pouch in just a few snappy minutes. Get creative with colors or patterns,...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 15, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE, SPACE
Watch this stunning footage taking you deep inside a space nebulae. “A cloud that veils one of nature’s secret places. This is a stellar nursery, a place where stars are born. They condense by gravity from gas and dust until their temperatures become so...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 15, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
Less than a tenth the size of an ant, a dust mite’s whole world is contained in the dusty film under a bed or in a forgotten corner. This realm is right under our noses, but from our perspective, the tiny specks of brilliant color blend together into a nondescript...
